Social and ethical issues:
The main social/ethical issue in Artificial intelligence is: to what extent are we going to control machines and make sure they don´t control themselves?
We have seen it in many sci-fi movies yet it is a major concern for population. We have seen a lot of news where robots get to decide between two possible options or performing tasks by human orders or even by their own. Nevertheless we, as humans, have always been concerned of what would happen if machines´ actions got out of our hands.
Nowadays we have seen robots interacting with humans (Campus party 2011), this means that they have intelligence but to what extent are they going to think by themselves and stop receiving orders from humans.
Definition (Class Summary)
Social and ethical issues:The main social/ethical issue in Artificial intelligence is: to what extent are we going to control machines and make sure they don´t control themselves?
We have seen it in many sci-fi movies yet it is a major concern for population. We have seen a lot of news where robots get to decide between two possible options or performing tasks by human orders or even by their own. Nevertheless we, as humans, have always been concerned of what would happen if machines´ actions got out of our hands.
Nowadays we have seen robots interacting with humans (Campus party 2011), this means that they have intelligence but to what extent are they going to think by themselves and stop receiving orders from humans.
A brief history and review of AI. New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20927971.200-i-algorithm-a-new-dawn-for-artificial-intelligence.html?page=1
News Articles
'Jeopardy!' vs. Computer: How IBM's Watson Works
http://www.livescience.com/12855-jeopardy-computer-ibm-watson-works.html
The Category is: How does Watson Works? (video)
http://mediasite.itops.rpi.edu/Mediasite5/Viewer/?peid=45dc2842d1514ce9adb5e6c5a64f7f431d
How Does IBM's Watson Work?
http://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/26806263/detail.html
How Does IBMS' Watson Works? 10 Questions from the audience
http://blog.reddit.com/2011/02/ibm-watson-research-team-answers-your.html
Examples or Activities
The Thinking Machine (Chess)
http://turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/chess.html